LATEST World News, Mar 23, 2012

Must-Reads from Around the World: March 23, 2012 TIME (blog) By Joe Jackson | @JoeJackson | March 23, 2012 | + Non-cooperation - The Jerusalem Post reveals Israel will not cooperate with an international probe into the effects of settlements on Palestinian human rights, after a 36 to 1 UN Rights Council vote in ... See all stories on this topic »

Obama's unconventional pick to run the World Bank Boston.com (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) By Paul Wiseman AP Economics Writer / March 23, 2012 WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama's choice to lead the World Bank isn't the usual politician, lawyer or economist. Jim Yong Kim, the White House's surprise nominee, ... See all stories on this topic » Boston.com

Questions and answers about the World Bank Boston.com By Christopher S. Rugaber AP Economics Writer / March 23, 2012WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama's nomination of Jim Yong Kim to be the next president of the World Bank returned a spotlight to the agency and the grip the United States has held on its ... See all stories on this topic »

Obama's World Bank Pick, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, Links Global Health and Economic ... TIME By Sam Gustin | @samgustin | March 23, 2012 | + Barack Obama (R) makes a point about Dartmouth College president Jim Yong Kim (L) as he introduces him as his nominee to be the next president of the World Bank, during an announcement in the Rose Garden ... See all stories on this topic » TIME

The Five-Point Plan of Jim Kim, Obama's Choice for World Bank Chief BusinessWeek By Peter Coy on March 23, 2012 Dr. Jim Yong Kim, the Korean-American physician who's in line to become the next president of the World Bank, has a five-point plan for fighting disease and poverty. It's not his alone, but rather the “model of care” ... See all stories on this topic »

Jim Kim: Obama makes surprise pick for World Bank Boston.com By Julie Pace AP / March 23, 2012 WASHINGTON—Passing over better-known candidates, President Barack Obama on Friday nominated global health expert and Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim to lead the World Bank. It was a surprise pick aimed in ... See all stories on this topic »

Armstrong World Industries Declares Special Cash Dividend MarketWatch (press release) LANCASTER, Pa., March 23, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- ArmstrongWorld Industries, Inc. (NYSE:AWI) today announced that its board of directors has declared a special cash dividend of $8.55 per share. The dividend will be paid on April 10, 2012 to ... See all stories on this topic »

Dartmouth's Kim Nominated to Lead World Bank BusinessWeek By Sandrine Rastello and Ian Katz on March 23, 2012 Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim was nominated by the US to head the World Bank, making him the first physician and Asian-American to lead the lender that provided $57 billion to developing ... See all stories on this topic »

Obama Nominates Dartmouth President Jim Yong Kim to Lead WorldBank TIME By AP | March 23, 2012 | + AP /Jim Cole, File (WASHINGTON) — President Barack Obama will nominate Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim to head the World Bank, a surprise pick for the international financial institution's top job, ... See all stories on this topic » TIME

Blanchflower Sees Kim, World Bank as a Good Match Washington Post 23, 2012 - March 23 (Bloomberg) -- David Blanchflower, a professor at Dartmouth College and a Bloomberg Television contributing editor, talks about the nomination of Dartmouth President Jim Yong Kim to head the World Bank. See all stories on this topic »

Obama Nominates Jim Yong Kim to Head the World Bank TIME By Jay Newton-Small | @JNSmall | March 23, 2012 | + President Barack Obama announces the nomination of Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim, center, for president of the World Bank, as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton looks on, March 23, 2012 in ... See all stories on this topic » TIME

London 2012 Festival Film Programme to Showcase Leading UK Talent and Rising Stars San Francisco Chronicle (press release) (PRWEB) March 23, 2012 Organisers have today revealed details on the film programme for the London 2012 Festival - a 12 week UK-wide cultural celebration from 21 June and running until 9 September 2012 bringing together leading artists from across the ... See all stories on this topic »

CNN's GUT CHECK for March 23, 2012 CNN (blog) Romney's support has increased to 40%, the first time a candidate has reached that level in this campaign, and his lead over Rick Santorum is back into double digits after narrowing to 4 percentage points on March 20.” LINK THIS JUST IN: Per Ohio Art, ... See all stories on this topic »

Pope's Mexico Visit: Benedict XVI Denounces Drug Violence, Cuban Marxism Huffington Post By NICOLE WINFIELD 03/23/12 04:19 PM ET Pope Benedict XVI waves as he boards a plane on his way to a six-day visit to Mexico and Cuba, at Rome's Fiumicino international airport, Friday, March 23, 2012. (AP) ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — Pope Benedict XVI ... See all stories on this topic »

Banks see an opportunity in Africa Boston.com (AP Photo/Denis Farrell) By Donna Bryson Associated Press /March 23, 2012 JOHANNESBURG—For Princess Moyo, who lives in a shack in a Johannesburg settlement infamous for poverty and crime, the bank account she opened several months ago means security. See all stories on this topic » Boston.com

SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: March 23, 2012 SlashGear And even though everyone would rather be spending time outside, there are people still making news in the tech world – specifically, the news that T-Mobile had to layoff nearly 2000 employees is causing AT&T to blame the FCC over its failed merger deal ... See all stories on this topic »

Report: Salvadoran gangs agree to truce Boston.com By Marcos Aleman AP / March 23, 2012 SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador—Leaders of El Salvador's two largest street gangs have reached a truce aimed at reducing the country's homicide rate, one of the highest in the world, according to jailhouse interviews ... See all stories on this topic »

Bats All, Folks! The Epic Fail of the Worst IPO Ever BusinessWeek By Dan Beucke on March 23, 2012 A familiar element to any initial stock offering is the excruciatingly long list of “risk factors” a company lists in its filing. It's a legal exercise in backside coverage that combines the blindingly obvious with the ... See all stories on this topic »

US Stocks Fall in S&P 500's Biggest Weekly Drop in 2012 BusinessWeek By Lu Wang on March 23, 2012 US stocks retreated this week, with the Standard & Poor's 500 Index having its biggest decline since December, amid weaker-than-estimated housing data and reports showing manufacturing contracted in Europe and China. See all stories on this topic »

BestIT Waves the Green Flag for the 2012 World Challenge Race Series MarketWatch (press release) Renowned Technology Company Announced That It Will Sponsor a 2012 GTS Road Race Team, Scheduled to Compete in the 2012 World Challenge Race Series, Beginning in St. Petersburg, Florida on March 23, 2012. PHOENIX, Mar 23, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) ... See all stories on this topic »

AP staffer who reported Sino-Soviet split dies Boston.com By Richard Pyle AP / March 23, 2012 NEW YORK—Born in a Japanese fishing village just after his refugee family landed there in a desperate 1919 escape from Russia's Bolshevik revolution, Roy Essoyan arrived in the Soviet Union nearly four decades later ... See all stories on this topic »

EU imposes sanctions on Assad's wife, relatives Boston.com By Don Melvin and John Heilprin AP / March 23, 2012 BRUSSELS—EU foreign ministers imposed sanctions Friday on Asma Assad, the stylish, British-born wife of the Syrian president, banning her from traveling to European Union countries and freezing any ... See all stories on this topic » Boston.com

World Coffee Demand Fueled by Emerging Markets, ICO's Silva Says BusinessWeek By Marvin G. Perez on March 23, 2012 World coffee demand growth remains “resilient,” led by emerging markets, increased consumption in producing countries, and the expanding popularity of single-cup dispensers, said Roberio Silva, the executive ... See all stories on this topic »

Kim, Ocampo and Okonjo-Iweala to Be Considered for World Bank BusinessWeek By Ian Katz and Sandrine Rastello on March 23, 2012 Jim Yong Kim, Jose Antonio Ocampo and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will be considered for president of the World Bank, the institution's board of executive directors said in a statement today. See all stories on this topic »

European Stocks Post Biggest Weekly Loss of 2012 BusinessWeek By Namitha Jagadeesh on March 23, 2012 European stocks posted their biggest weekly decline this year as economic data from China to the US and Europe raised concerns the global economic recovery is faltering. Randgold Resources Ltd. tumbled 13 percent ... See all stories on this topic »

War News Updates: World News Briefs -- March 23, 2012 (Evening ... By War News Updates Editor World News Briefs -- March 23, 2012 (Evening Edition). President Barack Obama delivers his weekly address on March 17, 2012. (White House). Obama To Leave On 3-Day Visit To South Korea For Nuclear Security Summit -- FOX News ... War News Updates

Weekday News Wrap: Friday, March 23, 2012 - Opinio Juris By Jessica Dorsey Weekday News Wrap: Friday, March 23, 2012. by Jessica Dorsey. The International Court of Justice issued two press releases about upcoming hearings in both the Frontier Dispute (Burkina Faso/Niger), scheduled for October 8-17, 2012; and ... Opinio Juris

March 23, 2012: eMarketer in the News – The eMarketer Blog By Veronica Sepe March 23, 2012: eMarketer in the News. Posted By: Veronica Sepe. Here are a few of the ... On the March 21, 2006, Jack Dorsey sent the first public tweet into the world (“just setting up my twttr”). Can you believe that was six years ago today? The eMarketer Blog

Stop NATO news: March 23, 2012 « Stop NATO By richardrozoff http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-03/23/c_131483724.htm. XinhuaNews Agency March 23, 2012. U.S. needs “significant combat power” in Afghanistan: U.S. commander. WASHINGTON: John Allen, commander of the U. S. and ... Stop NATO

Stock Market News for March 23, 2012 - Zacks.com By Zacks Equity Research Stock Market News for March 23, 2012-Dismal factory data from Europe and China dragged the domestic markets down to yet another finish in the negative territory. Zacks Investment Research - All...

Noontime News Roundup – March 23, 2012 | BPI Campus By winterbanyan Noontime News Roundup – March 23, 2012. Posted on March 23rd, 20122012-03-23T16:00:48ZF jS, Y by winterbanyan in Noontime & Nighttime News · Noontime News Roundup – March 23, 2012. Noontime News is a snapshot of our RSS ... BPI Campus

News Bites – March 23, 2012 « A Taste of General Mills By Kevin Hunt News Bites – March 23, 2012. by Kevin Hunt. Where consumers buy their groceries is the subject of one of the stories in in today's weekly roundup from a variety of websites and blogs. Big supermarkets are not the only food retail destination, as Phil Lempert points out in a link we share, below. We also include ... The Los Angeles Times (“Natural foods: Eating up the trends”) attended the Natural Products Expo in Anaheim, the biggest health food trade show in the world. This article ... A Taste of General Mills

Top Online Marketing News March 23, 2012 By Ashley Zeckman Social Media Marketing: The long term and short term value with Avinash Kaushik This interview from #SESNY features Google evangelist Avinash Kaushik on. Online Marketing Blog

Latest news: March 23, 2012 | Restore the Mississippi River Delta By Kevin Chandler Highway bill with money for coastal restoration remains stalled. By Bruce Alpert, The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, La.). March 22, 2012. "WASHINGTON — Here's the latest in efforts by Louisiana lawmakers to pass the Restore Act, which ... Restore the Mississippi River Delta

Morning News Digest: March 23, 2012 | Politicker NJ By mrebovich Morning News Digest: March 23rd 2012. By Missy Rebovich. Try State Street Wire, Follow PolitickerNJ on Twitter and Facebook. Text "PNJ" to 89800 to receive alerts. Senate Judiciary Committee deals loss to Christie as it votes down Kwon, 7- ...

Weekly Market Wrap: 3/23/2012 - Worldnews.com Welcome to the 'Weekly Market Wrap' for Friday March 23, 2012. The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were lower for the week while the Nasdaq ... article.wn.com/.../Weekly_Market_Wrap_3_23_2012/?...

Christian World News: March 23, 2012 - CBN.com - Video Dailymotion On this week's Christian World News: Calling out the world's top persecutors, justice sought for an American English teacher murdered in Yemen, house ... www.dailymotion.com/.../xpn9eq_christian-world-news-marc...

Midday Market News - March 23, 2012 | ValueWalk ... levels, economic news, and hedge fund news today Friday March 23rd 2012. ... Home; News Around The World ... Midday Market News – March 23, 2012 ... www.valuewalk.com/.../midday-market-news-march-23-2012/

War News Updates: World News Briefs -- March 23, 2012 A News Aggregator That Covers The World's Major Wars And Conflicts. Military, Political, And Intelligence News Are Also Covered. Occasionally We Will Have ... warnewsupdates.blogspot.com/.../world-news-briefs-march-23...

The Morning Swim Show</i>, March 23, 2012 - Swimming World ... Federal Way, Washington, March 23. PETER Busch and Sam Kendricks recap the first day of swimming and diving at NCAA Division I Men's Championships on ... www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../30076.asp?...

Today in Pictures: March 23, 2012 | Photos - ABC News Today in Pictures: March 23, 2012. ... Top photos from around the world. ...ABC News is not responsible for the content of external Internet sites. Copyright ... abcnews.go.com/.../today-pictures-march-23-2012-15988528

Weekday News Wrap: Friday, March 23, 2012 - Opinio Juris Friday, March 23rd, 2012 ... Weekday News Wrap: Friday, March 23, 2012 ...Reuters reports a three-way scramble for the upcoming World Bank presidential ... opiniojuris.org/.../weekday-news-wrap-friday-march-23-2012/

DT Morning News Roundup - March 23, 2012 - Yahoo! News DT Morning News Roundup - March 23, 2012. Digital Trends By Jeffrey Van ...AP sources: Obama taps Jim Yong Kim for World Bank · Syrian activists: Clashes ... news.yahoo.com/dt-morning-news-roundup-march-23-2012-...

Stop NATO news: March 23, 2012 « Stop NATO http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-03/23/c_131483724.htm. Xinhua News Agency March 23, 2012. U.S. needs “significant combat power” in ... rickrozoff.wordpress.com/.../stop-nato-news-march-23-2012/

News Quiz | March 23, 2012 - NYTimes.com See what you know about the news of the day. ... March 23, 2012, 3:15 am ....Would I have the courage to call out on of the world's foremost companies in one of ... learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/.../news-quiz-march-23-201...

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